Ecological Infrastructure Leads the Way: The Negative Approach and Landscape Urbanism for Smart Preservation and Smart Growth

Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 152-169

  Yu, Kongjian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

"fried egg" city form; China's double digit GDP growth rate; China's urbanization and survival; Chinese leadership, and ecological civilization; Environmental urban design; Feng shui, landscape as spiritual linkage; Greenbelt, landscape as urban form maker; Negative approach and landscape urbanism; Taizhou city and negative planning; Urbanism for smart preservation and growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886005528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444345025.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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